Building an experimental mix that really works is no walk in the park. Though there can be no set formula, they ought to tell a story, to somehow progress coherently while remaining unpredictable, and…

The Mexican Canadian music label Infinite Machine has graciously given XLR8R access to a one-of-a-kind collaboartion between the powerhouse duo Modeselektor and the fresh, talented and emotive produce…

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Tonight in Montreal, the annual winter celebratory Igloofest embarks on its final weekend with an honorable 50WEAPONS showcase that includes Modeselektor, Siriusmodeselektor, Benjamin Damage, Shed, an…

Here are ten of the year's best homes for great music, as chosen by the XLR8R staff.

Even in the era of Soundcloud and Spotify—perhaps especially in this age of endless choices—record labels are an essential part of our world. They help us to define our tastes, with many becoming shor…

‘Obsidian’ comes out this Friday, and will be the last full-length LP from the label before it closes its doors at the end of the year.

As the collective music world gathers together to say farewell to 50WEAPONS, the Monkeytown sub-label that has treated us to productions and remixes from the likes of Truncate, Marcel Dettmann, and FJ…

'Gewerbe 15/Rush' (50WeaponsXTR05) single will be available on September 18.

We are already painfully aware of the fact that by the end of this year, powerhouse label 50Weapons will have closed its doors for good. Regardless of this fact, they have decided not to disband witho…

Scheduled for release on September 25, "Obsidian" will be the last album on the label before its closing.

Benjamin Damage is scheduled to release Obsedian, his third album (his second solo long-player), on 50Weapons in which will mark the end of an era for the legendary techno imprint after label founders…

The Berlin based record label run by Modeselektor will close it's doors for good.

About an hour ago, the Facebook page of 50Weapons, the Berlin based record label created by Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary of Modeselektor and Moderat, that was home to artists such as Marcel Det…

Credit the folks at 50Weapons as curators—Cosmin TRG, Marcel Dettmann, and Lee Gamble all converge on points of clean lines and speed. If techno is meant to have an inherently futurist bent, these thr…